The population in this study was chronic psychiatric patients in Chonburi Province, Thailand. These patients are under the responsibility of the Drug Addiction and Community Mental Health Group of a tertiary hospital in 2025. Chronic psychiatric patients, Nursing service system, Rehabilitation, Smartphone application
Conditions
Interventions
The prototype BUU True Friends application is designed and built according to the ADDIE model which is a process for developing health application software on smartphones ,Psychoeducation such as pers
Experimental Other,No Intervention Other
BUU True Friends application ,Usual care
Sponsors
Faculty of Nursing, Burapha University, Thailand
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 59 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Being a chronic psychiatric patient as judged by the attending physician with a disease duration of 2 years or more; 2) Being aged 20-59 years, both males and females; 3) Never having been diagnosed with a major psychiatric disease or a comorbid disease related to intellectual disability by a physician, such as learning disabilities or memory loss. 4) Living with a caregiver 5) Being able to read, write, or communicate information 6) Having their own Android smartphone and being able to use applications on the smartphone 7) Being initially screened by the nurse of the group and found to have impairments in life skills of chronic psychiatric patients according to the components of the Recovery in Model in at least 1 of the 6 areas and 8) Consenting to participate in the research project willingly.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Receiving only injectable psychiatric medication
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Living Skills at 2 months after end of the intervention Living Skills Assessment (LSA-30) ,mental well-being at 2 months after end of the intervention The Thai Mental Health Indicator ,medication adherence behavior at 2 months after end of the intervention The Medication Adherence Scale in Thais ,the severity of clinical symptoms in psychiatric patients at 2 months after end of the intervention The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale ,satisfaction with the quality of application use at 2 months after end of the intervention The mHealth App Usability Questionnaire | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| perception of receiving social support from caregivers at 2 months after end of the intervention social support scale | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactPornpun Sudjai
Faculty of nursing, Burapha university
Outcome results
None listed